Ballet boys
Ok so I’m a wuss. I love to dance having danced throughout childhood, ballet with a bit of modern dance, until I had to stop for 6th form as we had school on Saturdays. I then went back to dancing…
Thoughtful discussion
Water guzzler
I’m a tad worried amazed about N at the moment. He’s always liked a drink…water that is, not beer (although the OH is always trying to trick him into drinking the dregs and froth of his Guinness – bleurgh, N obviously…
Slapped cheek?
Rashes are strange things, especially when they appear on children. Immediate panic if you always think the worst, or if you have a child like N who tends to get a few spots frequently, and the occasional prickly heat style…
Swimming woggle success
Whoop whoop. For the first time N swam a whole width on his own with the woggle. Usually he kicks when you’re holding on to him, but as soon as you let go, he stops kicking. But this time (and…
Running, running everywhere
N’s turned into a little runner. Being a toddler, he runs everywhere. Whatever he’s carrying, he tries to run with it. Thumb in his mouth, and he’ll run. It does worry me sometimes, as he’s not the most careful. He’ll…
Mini Masterchef
I think I wrote recently about N enjoying ‘helping’ me cook. Here’s the post if you missed it. He’s definitely a mini masterchef in the making. I have to be so careful as now he thinks he’s a pro at…
Music for children
We’ve never really played nursery rhymes to N. I do have a cd of them which I played once in the car, but I wasn’t keen on the grating versions and N didn’t seem that thrilled with it so we…
Cheap ride
Before I had a child, I always pitied the parents in shopping centres having to drag their screaming kids away from the pay character rides they have wherever you turn. The children wanting to have another go, the parent needing…
Cheeky behaviour
I thought N was getting grown up as he’s no longer been taking his taggy blanket or Peter Rabbit toy to nursery. Just before he was due to start nursery, I thought it might help to have something to help…
Mine and My
N’s at the amusing stage where everything’s ‘mine’. It’s always ‘MY this’, ‘My that’ or ‘MINE’ all said above normal volume. It can be a bit annoying when items clearly aren’t his, or if he’s taking offence to other children…
Swimming backstroke
“On our back we lie nice and flat” so goes the song at Waterbabies to prepare them for swimming backstroke. But until now (and we’ve been swimming since 4 months old, he’s now 27 months), N’s flat out refused to…
